A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIf I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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What offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence…Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately…We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.
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When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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